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Talking with Emily Mims

Is there a genre you’d like to write? Is there one you’ll stay away from? Why?

My favorite genres are contemporary romance and romantic suspense. The genre that I’ll stay away from, even
though I love reading them, is paranormal-I don’t think I could do it justice
and so many others can.

Please tell us about your newest release and where the idea
came from.

‘Solomon’s Choice’ is the
story of two very unlikely people coming together for the sake of their
child. Even though physician Caroline
Stern and rancher and teacher Jack Briscoe have never laid eyes on each other,
they share a son and are forced to come together for his sake. When conceiving of this story, I asked myself
what would be the most powerful motivation for two people to put aside their
differences and decided that it would be for the love of
a child.

If this book was made into a movie, who do you see playing
the main characters? Complete
unknowns-an established star brings preconceived character biases into the
story stemming from other roles he or she has played.

How do you come up with characters names?

I use names I like.

What do you do in your free time?

I volunteer at the local food pantry and play
the ukulele with a folk music group and a contemporary ukulele group.

How much of your own personality bleeds into your
characters?

Not that much of my own
(thank goodness!) but most of my heroes closely resemble my sweet, good-natured
husband. (Or as one of my former editors
said, “I fall in love with them right along with the heroine.”)

Do you have a list of movies like me that you are itching to
see or have seen? What about ones coming
up? Any that draw your eye to it?

I’m not much of a movie person these days,
but my favorite movie of all time is ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. (I used to teach astronomy and the thought of
visitors from ‘out there’-wow!)

You are hosting a dinner party. If given the chance to invite characters from
other series, who would you invite?

The lead
characters from J.D. Robb’s ‘In Death’ series.

If you had only twenty dollars in your pocket, what would you
buy?

I would use every penny on
downloads for my Kindle.

Of all the heroes that you’ve written, is there one you love
above all?

Since so many of them are
based on my husband, I love them all!

What’s the most interesting way you got around a plot
problem?

In the book I’m currently
working on, the deputy hero needs to see the tattoo of a colleague he suspects
of rape. On the suggestion of a friend
in law enforcement, the deputy gets the entire force to volunteer their tattoos
for a supposed lineup and the deputy volunteers, not realizing his tattoo isn’t
one of the bogus ones!

If you owned a bookstore, what book would you make sure was
in stock?

The latest romance and mystery
releases and some really good travel guides.

What is next for you?
Anything you want to mention?

I
recently sold ‘Daughter of Valor’, featuring Jimmy Adamcik and Holly
Riley. I have written a third book set
in Heaven’s Point and am planning a Lunchbox Romance set in between the two
long books.

Sixteen
months after the murder of her husband and the abduction of her baby, grieving
widow Caroline Stern finally locates her son Ryan-in the custody of his
biological father Jackson Briscoe, who is not about to give the boy up. Forced into a shared custody arrangement with
the attractive cattle rancher, Caroline builds a whole new life for herself in
the Texas Hill Country community of Heaven’s Point on the shores of LakeTempleton and
finds herself falling in love with her child’s all-too-appealing father. But when Ryan falls ill and an old enemy from
the past returns to haunt them both, will the love Caroline and Jack share be
strong enough to carry them through?

Teaser Excerpt:

Without
breaking the bond between them he rolled Caroline so that they lay on their
sides face to face. “Tell me we have a
chance to make this work,” Jack said softly.

Caroline
stiffened beside him. “What do you
mean?”

Jack
pulled away from her and sat up. “You
know what I mean. Tell me we have a
chance to make this relationship work.”

Caroline
rolled away and sat up. “I thought you
understood. I told you a month ago I’m
not ready for a serious relationship with you yet.”

Jack
leaned forward and glared into her eyes.
“Then what the hell was tonight all about? You, me, the lovemaking. I thought it meant something.”

Caroline
swallowed and reached for her night shirt.
“I was offering you tonight, Jack.
Just tonight. Tonight was about
the moon and the stars and the dancing.
Tonight was about giving in to the attraction. Tonight was about doing what you’ve been
trying to get me to do for the last six weeks.
Yes, the sex was great, but’- Her
eyes misted and she looked away.

“But?”
Jack prompted.

“But
it was just a fling, Jack. A romantic
interlude between two consenting adults who are attracted to each other. Not a relationship.”

About the Author

Writing
her first novel on a dare, Emily Wright Mims is the author of eighteen romance
novels that have been published in six languages and sold around the
world. She combines her writing career
with a long career in public education.
“Some of my biggest fans over the years have been my students,” she
says. “They have been a constant source
of encouragement and inspiration.”
Married with two grown children, she and her husband Charles split their
time between their home in San Antonio and their lake house
on the shores of LakeBuchanan in the Texas Hill
Country.

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